Chapter 129 The Child Fainted
After dragging him out into the sun, Zhu continued to beat him, still unsatisfied, but something felt wrong as she beat him.
She raised her hand and grabbed Ding Jie's ear to make him look at her. Then she found that the child's eyes were a little dull and he didn't even look at him.
"Hey, you dead kid, you're still not convinced, right? Come, look at mother, look at mother, do you hear me?" Zhu grabbed Ding Hao's chin with her hand, forcing him to look at her.
If he looks elsewhere when she is scolding him, it means he is rebelling against her parents and showing disrespect to them.
But no matter how hard Zhu tried, Ding Hao just wouldn't look at her.
It's not that he didn't look at her, but his dark eyes seemed to be unfocused and lifeless.
Zhu was stunned for a moment. Just as she was about to continue prying his jaw, a passing woman asked, "What's wrong with Hao?"
"Oh, the boy is naughty and disobedient, teach him a lesson." Zhu was too embarrassed to say that her nine-year-old son had peed in his pants, so she could only say it perfunctorily.
The woman then made a good-natured joke: "Ahao, just give in and apologize to your mother and you can come into the house. It's too hot in here!"
But Ding Jie still didn't react at all.
Zhu looked at the woman awkwardly as she walked away. She turned around and glared at her son fiercely, "Well, if you want to be stubborn, then be stubborn. I'll see how long you can hold on."
After he finished speaking, he went into the house and continued to discuss the old woman in a low voice with the people in the house.
Time passed unknowingly, and little Dinghao stood motionless in the sun, even when he was sweating profusely, he did not move.
The women in the village who were preparing to make straw sandals couldn't stand it anymore and called out to Mrs. Zhu: "Quickly call Ahao back home. It's so hot that even adults can't stand it, how can you treat a child like this? Besides, what will you do if he gets sick?"
Zhu is still angry.
She went back to the house and told Ding Rong that Ding Jie was becoming more and more stubborn and would rather bask in the sun than give in to her.
Ding Rong's temper flared up, and he said, "Let him stay in the sun. He's so young and naive. Let him stay in the sun until he's subdued. No one is allowed to go out and call him back."
So when Zhu heard someone calling her to come out and take the child back to the house, she was a little unhappy.
"Ajie has a stubborn temper. He won't tolerate it unless he's disciplined. Sisters, please don't worry about it!"
After hearing Zhu's bland words, the women were choked. What kind of person is this? Can't she see that they want to be good to her?
Nowadays, the most feared thing is getting sick. Adults may be able to endure it, but if something happens to the child, where can she find a doctor?
OK, OK, OK, since they haven’t said anything, let’s continue making straw sandals!
However, Zhang Xiu was missing from the straw sandals making party this afternoon, and everyone suddenly felt unhappy.
When Zhang Xiu was around, she often told them stories.
Zhang Xiu could tell stories about fox spirits, little ghost wives, and so on in a very clear and logical way. If someone forgot what she had told them before and wanted to hear it again, she would continue.
Now, because of the incident with the old woman before, the heartbroken Zhang Xiu is unwilling to come and make straw sandals with them!
Perhaps it was only at this time that the women realized how important Zhang Xiu was among them.
Someone suddenly sighed, and although he didn't say anything, his lost expression was visible.
"What's wrong? Are you missing Zhang Xiu?"
Fang Cuihua looked at this and that and burst into cold laughter.
Her mother-in-law, Aunt Niu, knew that her daughter-in-law sometimes spoke too directly, so she quickly pulled her sleeve and signaled her to talk less.
But Fang Cuihua is not that kind of person. Once she has something to say, she will say it out loud and will never hold it back.
"When they said they were going to kick Zhang Xiu's family out of Yangliu Town, who of you yelled the loudest? Do you feel guilty now? Oh, people, whether men or women, need to use their brains and not just believe everything they hear. When others say Ding Gui killed someone, some people actually believe it! Oh my god, don't you even look at him? Does Ding Gui look like someone who would kill his own mother?"
Aunt Niu saw that everyone's faces looked unhappy. When they were talking about driving Ding Gui's family out of Yangliu Town, someone in this group of women shouted really loudly.
At this moment, those people's faces were about to turn red. She was afraid of offending anyone, so she said to Fang Cuihua, "Alright, stop talking. Although Ding Gui is not that kind of person, it is a fact that the old woman is missing. They are the third family who took care of the elderly, and the old woman is missing. They have to take responsibility for this. But this matter has not been concluded yet, so let's not talk about it!"
"I have to say it, otherwise some people will be too shameless!"
Fang Cuihua was going to disgust them severely: "Ever since we fled the famine, Ding Gui and his wife have done so much for the village. Not only them, but even Xiaodie, that little girl, has always been considerate of the village. For example, when the desert soldiers came last time, they dared to go to the city gate and pretend to be strolling around to paralyze the desert soldiers.
Do you think this is a great achievement? Among us, how many people dare to go? Everyone should think about it with their own conscience. At that time, who was not only concerned about their own lives? How many people really cared about the village?
Aunt Niu winked and said, "Alright, alright! Stop talking!"
Fang Cuihua ended the conversation with a bitter remark: "Anyway, I feel that anyone who still talks about driving Zhang Xiu and his family of three out of Yangliu Town is heartless and shameless."
All the women in the village fell silent, pretending to be dead: "..."
Fang Cuihua is pretty and has a sharp tongue. Who can argue with her? Just shut up and take the scolding!
This day was probably the most difficult day for the small group of people making straw sandals. No one spoke and no one was motivated. In short, Zhang Xiu was not there and was scolded by Fang Cuihua, so the atmosphere was very strange.
Everything was broken until a woman suddenly screamed: "Hey, that child, Ajie...he..."
Everyone turned around and looked in the direction she pointed, only to see Ding Hao, who had been standing there, fall to the ground, his small body like a weightless rag doll.
Everyone quickly stood up and rushed over.
"Zhu, your Ajie has fainted!"
"Ding Xue, come out and see your brother."
When we ran closer, we saw that the little guy's face was red, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and his lips were unusually white. In this situation, no one dared to touch him.
His mother, Zhu, is a dishonest person. Anyone who dares to touch her will only scream in frustration.
"Ding Jie."
"Ajie, wake up, wake up quickly."
After hearing the noise, Zhu came out of the house reluctantly. She only noticed that someone was calling her, but didn't pay attention to what was said afterwards. She came out yawning and stretching.
When she saw her son collapsed on the ground, she was so scared that she swallowed the second half of her yawn. Then a scream burst out of her mouth: "Ahao, what did you do to my son?"
(End of this chapter)
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